Bargain Sheet of Trim and Thread from Barbour’s Linen
Barbour's Linen Thread cut to 40 cents per spool from 89 cents. Feather stitched braid patterns reduced to 7 and 10 cents. Pearl buttons all sizes 5 cents per dozen. Dress velvets and bias velvet dress singing 3 yard lengths 9 cents each. Knitting cotton 3 cents per ball. Children's elastic hose supporters with Warren fastener 5 cents. Fancy dress trimming 5 cents per yard. Jet dress trimmings 10 cents per yard. Large assortment of trims reduced from 16–25 cents to 5 cents.
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Barbour
Triumph
Warren
Topeka Bricks From Paper Pulp Likely Future Industry
Emery conducts a practical test of his paper brick material in a Kansas City area street cut, claiming bricks weigh about three pounds each versus ten pounds for clay bricks of the same size. He describes a process using straw pulp mixed with chemicals, pressed at high pressure, baked, and water resistant, with potential uses beyond paving including conduits and furniture.
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Topnika
Emery
Kansas
Corour
Seventh Street
Topeka
Patinda
Slough
Ibis
Br. Enery
Husband
Kense¢a Loan and Trust Company
Setitle
Toa Jovnyal
Bpring
City Funds Sought as County Treasurer Delays
City officials demand regular settlements with the county treasurer claiming about 140000 dollars of city funds remain in his hands. The county treasurer is criticized for slow payouts and late accounting while the city seeks prompt repayment and accountability.
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Ney
Treas
Contempt of Courts and a Worm in a Storm Tree
A publisher in New York was fined and imprisoned for contempt. the Court of Appeals reverses, ruling contempt punishment lies only for acts within court or willful disobedience to its orders, and that courts lack power to punish mere criticism of rulings. Also reports a road-embedded worm found in Wrest Park timber and a note on expected sugar imports boosting government revenue as raw sugar stock remains low.
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New York
Court of Appeals
Horlston
Earl Cowpers
Wrest Park
Silsne
Dedfordshire
Mammoth Kings In India Fashion Large Rings
A fragment notes that during British rule in India giant rings were fashionable. The jewelry was so oversized that worn on the second finger it covered much of the hand, reflecting extravagant adornment of the era.
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India
Marriage in Canute Era Affirms Wardship Limits
Article notes medieval English law where a guardian could not force a ward to wed against her will and payments for her dowry were voluntary, not compulsory, highlighting historical guardianship and marital consent norms.
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England
Canute
The Gilded Skaters and Society’s Opera Box Pets
A vivid portrait of fashionable New York skating soirees at Tuxedo and private estates, detailing the Four Hundred’s attire and the opera box culture. It notes Mrs. Astor as a premier skater, comments on Gertrude Vanderbilt and other elites, and contrasts wealth with display, including Sarah Bernhardt at the opera.
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Lars Bernherd
Mer
Bie Mair
New Yoas
Tuxedo
Astor
Matrona
Ary Bend
Miss Bearl
Rockefellers
Central Park
New York
Anther
Contee
Cnoygelo Vanderbilt
Anna Gould
Rockefeller
Mariness
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Ueirtty
Han
Duchess of Marlborough
Fifth Avenue
Miss Wattherbill
Miss Gould
Miss Vanderbilt
Mies Gould
Sarah Bernhardt
Melba
Valve
Saralb
Eur Sessions Torre
Tales of the Times: Well Known Figures and Oddities
A mosaic of anecdotes features Prince Bismarck’s paper ventures, the czarina’s coronation project, a full length George Washington portrait lent by Lord Rosebery, and royal/london gossip. It spans Henry Irving on a crowded train, court gambling, and Windsor telephones amid imperial quirks and European intrigue.
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Prince Bismarck
Czarina
Ite
Winter Academy
George Washington
Cotts Ling
Lord Rosebery
Windsor Cistio
London
Prince of Wales
Victoria R
Hillo
England
Windsor
Troutman as Governor Hope Grows in Kansas GOP
Reports from Topeka and various counties push James A. Troutman for governor. Speakers, editors, and voters in Finney, Morrill, and Lane counties voice strong support, predicting nomination and strong general election potential for the lieutenant governor.
Snapshot News: City Notes and Social Bits Briefly
A miscellany from SNAP SHOTS AT HOME highlights city life with mixed items. Col George Weed joins 43 secret societies, teachers paid as the city schools close May, and street rules ban bicyclists and baby buggies on streets. Railroad groups plan small bull events in Lopeka, Marshall’s band to play with lunch, and Grover is revealed as Tee Jones’s preferred name. Frank Quinton buys Jackson Commission business in Columbus building. A minstrel show at the opera house features a Stewfoot Pele cake wall. George Findley chairs Texas Sandstone at Mills County quarries. City wheelmen to meet at Copeland to discuss alderman candidates. Democratic central committee meets at Flambeau Club, 210 Kansas area. Receiver Fred Slater vows to paint Smoky Row red. Four brick buildings to receive red coats, including Pegleg McClafferty’s. Wesleburn students to repeat the German play, performed well at chapel. Weekend eye for society drinkers urged restraint to avoid Sunday intoxication. A third Saturday fire causes 65 dollars in barn damage at A. K. Leng’s 318 East First, Alamo. A. Q. Wilson, the Ammpaz Ianes speaker, ...
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George Weed
Strees
Lopeka
Marshall
Tee Jones
Grover
Frank Quinton
Jackson + Commission
Columbus
Opera House
George Findley
Texas Sandstone Company
Mills County
Texas
Wheelmnen
Democratic City Central Committee
Flambeau Club
Kansas Area
Fred Slater
Smoky Row
Pegleg” McClafferty’s
Wesleburn
Eotler
Shou
A. Kk. Leng
East First Street
Alamo
A. Q. Wilson
Ammpaz
Town tour ends as speaker plans New York trip
A speaker reported traveling through southern Kansas visiting 40 towns in 38 counties with strong crowds and hard speaking. He plans to attend the American Newspaper Publishers Association meeting in New York City and will be away from Topeka for about ten days.
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Kansas
Frank P. MacLean
New York City
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Topeka
Fellows
Little Gitt Ploreses
Welsart
Matt
Forum Publisting Company
Talmage
Hand
Forum
Eastern Kental Medical Society
Leavenworth Formorrow
Minney
Daniel Whitmer
G. Stewart
de. Mitchell
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Tales OF the Times
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King's Cross
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Duke of Argyll
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Charles E Lobdell
House of Representatives
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